Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time due in March

Square-Enix has added another title to its healthy stable of Q1 titles for …

While Capcom may have the most robust first quarter offerings for 2009, Square-Enix has quite a few games up its sleeves as well. In addition to the excellent port of Star Ocean 2: Second Evolution, the company has a number of big titles due out before the quarter's end. Square-Enix has revealed that Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time will be among those titles, as the game is set to launch on March 24.

Not to be confused with the other Wii Crystal Chronicles title, The Crystal Bearers, Echoes of Time is a cross-platform Wii and DS action game that continues the Crystal Chronicles tradition of focusing on four player dungeon-crawling. Four gamers, playing together on the Wii and DS in assorted configurations, will tackle a treasure trove of giant monsters in the quest for loot and experience points. The game will retail for $39.99 on both platforms, and owners of the Wii version will be able to import their Miis.

With the Dragon Quest V DS remake and a DS Valkyrie Profile title, as well as the highly-anticipated Xbox 360 debut of the Star Ocean series with Star Ocean: The Last Hope, there seems to be no shortage of Square-Enix gaming to be found early this year--and that's a good thing. We'll need something to occupy our time until the Final Fantasy XIII demo arrives, after all.